Vespa Motorsport Podcast

We welcome local scooter legend Eric Dutra to this week's podcast. Eric is an expert in all makes and models of scooters and has arguably the largest scooter collection in San Diego. We discuss his history with scooters and some of his travels abroad.

We had a surprise visit from cross-country Vespa traveler, Stephanie Yue. Stephanie has been scootouring for the last 2 years across the USA with trips into Canada and Mexico. We learn about her history with scooters and why she's on her trip, as well as some highlights she's had along the way.

Be sure to check out her blog documenting her epic journey.

http://250superhero.blogspot.com/

Episode 5 we invite the Pharaohs Scooter Club of San Diego. The roudy bunch gives a breif history of the club as well as some fun stories from past rallies. They will be hosting their annual event, the King Tut Putt, in March 2016.

Episode 4 we interview Waid "Scooter Daddy" Parker. A local legend that has been riding scooters since the 50's. Wade was among the first San Diegans to witness the re-emergence and disappearance of Vespas in the US during the 80's. Like Fabio in the last episode, he played an important role in carrying the interest in Vespas into the 90's and beyond. He has created some amazing custom scooters and collected many pristine vintage scooters and vehicles. He's had scooters featured in magazines and has traveled the world going to Scooter Rallys and events. All for the love of Vespa!

Episode 3 we invite back Fabio Ballarin to supply some more in depth stories about the scooter scene in San Diego in the 80's. Fabio played an integral role in keeping the scooter scene alive in San Diego and is a huge reason why Vespa Motorsport is what it is today. This first interview with Fabio talks about his childhood in Paris and how he came to love Vespa Scooters and mopeds.

Episode 2 features our first guest, founder of Vespa Supershop, Fabio Ballarin. Fabio played an integral role in keeping the scooter scene alive in San Diego and is a huge reason why Vespa Motorsport is what it is today. This first interview with Fabio talks about his childhood in Paris and how he came to love Vespa Scooters and mopeds.

Vespa Motorsport/Scooterwest.com is a Vespa dealership and scooter mail order service based out of San Diego, CA.

Tune in to the pilot episode of the Vespa Motorsport Podcast. In this episode we cover the format of this new bi-weekly podcast and the topics we'll be talking about in the future.

Hosts Alex Cohn (CEO of Vespa Motorsport) and Kevin Stram (service writer at Vespa Motorsport) give us a little back story of the shop and how they ended up here today.